A novel olfactory pathway is essential for fast and efficient blood-feeding in mosquitoes

In mosquitoes, precise and efficient finding of a host animal is crucial for survival. One of the poorly understood aspects of mosquito blood-feeding behavior is how these insects target an optimal site in order to penetrate the skin and blood vessels without alerting the host animal. Here we provid...

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Autores principales: Won Jung, Je, Baeck, Seung-Jae, Perumalsamy, Haribalan, Hansson, Bill S., Ahn, Young-Joon, Kwon, Hyung Wook
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4549640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26306800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep13444

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4549640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26306800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep13444

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